Despite the Allies' agreement to defeat Germany first, the United States experienced initial success in World War II fighting naval engagements against the Japanese in the Pacific. The U.S. Navy had a distinct advantage once it had broken Japan's naval codes a few months after Pearl Harbor. At the Battle of the Coral Sea, Japan's southern advance was checked, and the Battle of ______________________ in June 1942 halted the Japanese thrust eastward toward Hawaii.
- Tehran Conference
- Dwight Eisenhower
- United Nations
- Normandy
- Italy
- Stalingrad
- Harry Truman
- Douglas MacArthur
- Midway
- Potsdam Conference
- Yalta Conference
- Manhattan Project